Rickover Naval Academy
With support from Mayor Richard M. Daley, Senator Dick Durbin, Alderman Mary Ann Smith, and Chicago Public Schools, an entire wing of the school was converted into the Rickover Naval Academy. Dedicated on November 2005, this is the fourth military school in the Chicago Public Schools system.
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